12. Members of the churchwill search for(appeal-to; look-for; plead-with; seek the counsel of; petition; apply-to; press) Mormon General Authorities, but Salt Lake’s presiding High-priests, who have been warring against you all along, are nowhere to be found. It will be as if(as though) they have all disappeared (vanished; passed into oblivion; became extinct; vaporized).

13. Israel’s enemies(Mormon General Authorities) are terrified (horror-struck; spooked; frighteneed out of their wits; petrified) at the thought of you (Israel’s people), Because I(Jehovah) , your God, I am accompanying(conducting; walking with) you. I am taking(grasping; holding; conducting; leading) you with (by; using) my right(privileged; authoritative; lawful; legitimate)hand(power; influence; potency; strength) and I , Jehovah, am the One who is saying(whispering) to you, “Don’t be afraid….I will help(facilitate; make the way easy for ) you”.

Winnow means: to sift; ; thresh; strain; separate the wheat from the chaff

16. You will winnow(sift; separate; differentiate; thresh) them then the wind (spirit) will lift them up in the air(appearance; look; impression; way of being) and a gale(windstorm; blast of wind; cyclone; tempest) will blow them away, while you(Israel’s people; rank and file Mormon people) rejoice (dance; leap for joy; kick-up-your-heels). All of you will celebrate with (in) Jehovah.

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17. Those who are poor(impoverished; destitute; forlorn) and those who are needy(disenfranchised; disadvantaged; deprived) because they have been dried-out(exhausted; worn-out ) trying to satisfy Salt Lake’s withering demands, will receive life-giving water(refreshment; “living-water”; renewal ; nourishment; spiritual-food) and there will be no more tongues parched by thirst. I (Jehovah) will answer(respond to) them and unlike LDS Church leaders in Salt Lake City, I will never forsake(abandon; desert; repudiate; deny; disavow)Israel’s people (rank and file Mormon people).

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Open the mouth means to speak or utter words, in this case words of severe condemnation